MARRIED TO THE HIDDEN BILLIONAIRE

“Oh dear don’t choke, drink some water” Emily passed a glass of water to Skyler.

Skyler collected it and gulped almost the whole cup while Mason just stared at her.

“I’m sorry, the food is just really spicy” She cleared her throat and arranged her hair backwards.

Mason suddenly exchanged her food with his own.

“If it’s too spicy then you should try eating something not too spicy to avoid choking next time,” he said gently.

Skyler looked at him but he looked like he wasn’t joking, she nodded and began eating his food.

“But why are you choking on the mention of a great-grandchild?” Grandpa Mario asked.

“Dad, they just got married and Skyler looks too young to have a baby so let’s stop talking about this” Maya rolled her eyes.

She wanted a grandchild too but not from Skyler.

“What’s wrong with you Maya? Skyler should be twenty-four to five years old so what’s wrong with her having a child? Do you want Grandpa to die first?” Rosa said with a smirk.

“It’s between my son and Grandpa so you should keep shut and know when to speak!” Maya fired back at her.

Skyler squeezed her face as she continued eating.

“Aunt Rosa and Aunt Maya, can you guys stop? You’re making Skyler Uncomfortable, she doesn’t wanna have a child now because she isn’t done with making my red carpet dress” Edna added to her mouth.

“Urgh! You suck! You only care about yourself” Carson rolled his eyes and Edna glared at him.

The table was filled with arguments from them and Dylan exchanged looks with Antonio, not knowing what to say.

“If you guys make me angry then I’ll cut off your allowance for this month” Grandpa Mario threatened and everyone kept quiet.

“After dinner, I want to see Mason and Hudson in my study,” he added.

Mason looked at Hudson and Hudson scoffed before facing his food. He nodded and took a spoon of food in his mouth.

•••••

In the old man’s study, Mason and Hudson were sitting opposite Grandpa Mario. Mason had a blank look on his face while Hudson looked angry.

“So Mason explain why you did this to your cousin” Grandpa Mario passed a file to Mason.

Mason looked at it and simply carried his eyes away.

“Because he was dressed as a driver” he shrugged.

Hudson immediately pointed his finger at him with widened eyes. He was about to start lashing Mason but Grandpa Mario was fast enough to stop him raising his fingers in mid-air.

“In case you don’t know Hudson but dressing smart to work is a sign of seriousness,” Grandpa Mario told him.

“But it doesn’t matter, right? I’m your grandson, my grandma owns the company so I can dress anyhow I want” Hudson didn’t look pleased.

“Things are not done that way boy, you have to dress well if you’re ready to work so leave my office and change your behavior, you’re on a week’s suspension from going to D•S,” Grandpa Mario said to him.

Hudson gasped, he still wanted to argue but he didn’t want Grandpa Mario to change his mind all of a sudden again and ban him permanently so he obeyed and stood up.

“Fine Grandpa, I will change” he gave a short bow before leaving.

Mason wanted to stand up but Grandpa Mario stopped him.

“I didn’t ask you to leave,” he said.

Mason frowned and leaned back on his chair.

“I noticed you don’t spend too much time with your wife. You just come back from the company around 8 pm while she stays at home then you both have dinner and the same routine over and over again” Grandpa Mario gave him a stare.

“Well I’m busy with work” Mason simply replied.

“That’s not an excuse, the both of you are married and you haven’t gone for your honeymoon yet, who does that?” Grandpa Mario said.

“Grandpa, it’s too early to talk of the honeymoon, I just started handling it in the company so I can’t leave it” Mason frowned.

“I’m not telling you to leave the company I’m just saying you should spend some alone time with your wife, you can leave the mansion and lodge at a hotel for even three days” Grandpa Mario tried convincing Mason but he was reluctant.

“I already spent enough time with her in Paris” The moment that word escaped Mason’s lips, Grandpa Mario angrily banged the table with his fist.

“I’m going to be eighty soon Mason, I’m not dumb and you should know I was once your age. Do you think you can fool me into bringing Skyler home the next day as your wife after I promised to give you the company” he looked at Mason.

Mason wanted to talk but he pressed his lips together.

“Don’t also forget I raised you so when you lie to me, I’d know” Grandpa Mario added.

“Fine” Mason sighed in defeat.

“We will leave on Friday and return on Monday or Sunday night” he mumbled.

“Good, you can leave now” Grandpa Mario smiled and Mason stood up and left.

The old man had a smile on his face as he stared at the door. If there was one thing he was good at then it’s observing, he could tell Skyler was a good and the right person for his son.

Mason thought he was doing a casual thing but he didn’t know he found true love without knowing but it was left for him to discover it.

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MASON’S ROOM★

Mason was surprised to meet Skyler sitting on the study table and cutting a piece of cloth with scissors.

“Still one this” he muttered and moved towards her then took her sketchbook.

He began going through it and though his face didn’t show it he was impressed.

“You drew all these yourself?” He asked and Skyler nodded without paying him a glance.

He flipped through another page and nodded to himself.

“How long have you been drawing and designing?” He asked.

“Since I was five but I did my first design when I was eleven” she replied before dropping the scissors she was holding.

“Hmm.. they are nice” he muttered and closed the book.

Skyler looked a little surprised when she heard him compliment her drawings but she smiled afterwards.

“Thanks,” she said.

In the past when she showed Felix what she drew, he wouldn’t say anything to praise her, all he’d always say was that she was good and she should help her draw for him. How could she not know that he had been using her all this while?

“If I asked you to be one of our artists in D•S styles then would you agree?” His question woke Skyler from her thoughts and she looked at him, blinking repeatedly.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Me? Work at D•S styles?” She asked in shock.

“You haven’t replied to me” he frowned.

“Yes of course,” she said cheerfully.

“Good because we are looking for good artists, I can see you have a lot of potential, you just need a little training and you’ll be fine” he nodded at her before walking to take his laptop.

“Are you inviting me?” She asked.

“After I see what you’ve done on Edna’s dress then I will consider you working there” he replied and began moving towards her with the laptop.

“Challenging, I like it” She smirked and he dropped the laptop in front of her.

Skyler looked at it with confusion. There were three pictures of hotels on the screen.

“Choose one,” he said.

Skyler creased her brows but pointed to the one in the middle.

“Good then we will be going there one Friday,” He told her.

“Huh?” She creased her brows at him.

“Grandpa told me to take you out for you to spend some time alone with me during the weekend” he answered the question he knew she wanted to ask.

“But..” she wanted to talk but he beat her to it as he covered his laptop and went to bed.

“It was Grandpa, not me!”

Skyler sighed and continued what she was doing, she was feeling sleepy after two hours and she stood up from bed, and turned off the light before joining Mason on the bed.